Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Gender and Development research group is concerned with social change, specifically the social and gendered dimensions of poverty reduction, inequality and social injustice.
We conduct original theoretical work on gender and development epistemologies, covering relational and subjective approaches to well-being, intra-household relations, inter-generational relationships and shifts in subjective notions of well-being, plus examining linkages between gendered social relations, reproductive rights and wellbeing. There are also several overlapping sub-themes, which comprise land, health, education, ageing, governance and corruption. Apart from research, we have been active in engaging with policy, on the one hand, and training and capacity-building.
Recent research has seen very exciting interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological innovation. Anthropologists and economists have developed innovative research in Uganda using experimental games combined with survey and ethnography, to test underlying assumptions of intra-household models and Sen's theory of cooperative conflicts. This has been extended to research on gendered fairness norms using experimental economics and ethnography in four developing countries.
We are also conducting work on land use and rights that methodologically combines historical, ethnographic, participatory and quantitative studies. Other projects on land have similarly used a combination of methodologies. Policy-oriented analyses of gendered vulnerability and exclusion represent another dimension of our work, while we are also recognised for work on gendered vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS and the gendered impacts of its treatment.
Inter-school networking, such as between DEV and the School of Education and Lifelong Learning (EDU), has further strengthened our expertise in research, policy and capacity building on Gender, Women's Empowerment, and Education. The different aspects of DEV's work on gender and development are also reflected in our recent publications.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
-
Sheila Aikman
- School of Global Development - External Research Associate
- Gender and Development - Member
- Literacy and Development Group - Member
Person: Other related - academic, Research Group Member
-
Ben D'Exelle
- School of Global Development - Professor of Economics
- Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science - Member
- Behavioural Economics - Member
- Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics - Member
- Environment, Resources and Conflict - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
-
Maren Duvendack
- School of Global Development - Professor of Evaluation in Economics
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
-
PROSE: Evidence-policy pathways for Prosopis management in the Horn of Africa
Few, R., Rao, N. & Tebboth, M.
31/03/25 → 30/03/26
Project: Research
-
Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - IDEA
Blow, J., Blow, J., Clark, A., Cornish, C., Deane, K., Duvendack, M., Hodgekins, J., Horwood, N., Mondal, A., O'Connell, M., Reid, B. & Semlyen, J.
1/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
-
Gender, intersectionality and climate smart agriculture in South Asia: A review
Rao, N., Sathe, R. & Grist, N., 25 Feb 2025, In: PLoS Climate. 4, 2, e0000482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Male migration and the transformation of gendered agriculture work: A comparative exploration of heterogeneity across selected Indian states
Raj, R., Ravula, P., Kumari, P., Bhanjdeo, A., Sogani, R. & Rao, N., 25 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Gender, Place & Culture. 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure) -
Powering Africa’s sustainable future: The role of cross-border electricity trade on renewable electricity generation
Adaji, M., Vasilakos, N. & Kebede, B., 17 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Energy & Environment.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
-
Replication Data for: Effort and Social Comparison: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
D'Exelle, B. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 27 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.7910/DVN/ZHGUDU
Dataset
Prizes
-
British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
Jones, Ben (Recipient), 21 Mar 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
-
Outstanding Achievement Award 2024
Rao, Nitya (Recipient), 25 Sept 2024
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
-
SENSS ESRC +3.5 Award.
Jarvis, Lee (Recipient) & Camfield, Laura (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
-
Society For the improvement of Psychological Sciences
Ben Jones (Speaker)
10 Jun 2024 → 12 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
-
Karamoja Development Forum and Tufts University
Ben Jones (Consultant)
1 May 2024 → …Activity: Consultancy
-
British Academy (External organisation)
Ben Jones (Member)
1 May 2024 → …Activity: Membership › Peer review panel
Press/Media
-
Article on food crisis confronting single women in Afghanistan
6/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
-
Media interview by Layal Freije
27/02/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
-
Interview around climate change and its impacts on violence against women
7/01/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution